Carbon-sheet carton



May 21, 1929 G. G. NElDlcH CARBON SHEET CARTON Filed May 5, 1927Patented May 21, 1929.

UNITED srfrss PATENT oFFlcE.

GEORGE GARWOOD NEIDICH, 0F NUTLEY, NEW JERSEY.

CARBON-SHEET CARTON.

Application filed May 5, 1927. Serial No. 189,049.

Ordinarily, carbon paper is packed in cartons containing only one color,kind, and grade. However, it is most economical to employ carbon paperof four different grades for making record copies of ordinary commercialtypewritten matter, including correspondence, bills, order forms, etc.;such transfer sheets ranging from seven pound tissue paper stock forsingle copies to four pound stock for siX or more copies.

It is not only costly, but difiicult, and consequent-ly wasteful of timeof the typist, to maintain and use a stock of the four different grades,because in accordance with; the usual practice, it would necessitate themaintenance of four differentbulky cartons' in a position accessible tothe typist.

Therefore, it is the object and effect of my invention to piovideipeansfor packing, and rendering accessible] to a typist in a single carton,the several grades of carbon paper ysheets aforesaid and in suchposition and relation that the different grades are distinctively andaccessibly presented for withdrawal by the operator; the paper of theseveral grades being held in respectively different folders which areprimarily packed in said carton but which may bo readily independentlyremoved and replaced. Moreover, an adjunctive feature of my inventionisthe distinguishment of each of said folders by color, coordinating themIand their contents with the colors of paper ordinarily used in theseveral items of commercial stationery contemplated upon which theoriginal typewritten matt-er is imprinted. It is the ordinary practiceto employ four different kinds of commercial papers, respectivelyvwhite, blue, pink and yellow; the

white being the thickest and the yellow the thinnest. Therefore, in theform of my in- "vention hereinafter described, I have i11- cluded in asingle carton, respective folders which are white, blue, pink and yellowandY which hold carbon paper of the proper grade for making copies fromthe original typewriting upon paper which is white, blue, pink andyellow and differing in thickness as aforesaid. The advantage qf sucharrangement is that an unskilled or careless typist may be sure to usethe proper .grade of carbon paper by taking it from the folder which isidentified with the same color as the paper upon which the originalribbon copy of the matter to be typed is to be written.

My invention includes the various novel features of construction andarrangement hereinafter more delinitely specified.

In said drawings; Fig. I is a plan view of a carton convenientlyembodying my invention.

Fig. II is a sectional view of said carton, taken on the line II, II inFig. l; merely one long side of the carton being removed. y Fig. III isa perspective view showing the carton in opened position with each ofthe four grades of carbon paper immediately accessible to the operator.

Fig. IV is Ia fragmentary side elevation of one of the folders in openedposition.

In said Figures; the carton 1 is of rectangular configuration and hasthe flap closure 2 at one end which is hinged to the bottom panel 3 attheir junction 4. Sai-d flap 2 isL normally upturned in the positionshown in Fig. II and covered by the closurey 6 which is hinged to thecarton 1 at their junction 7 so that the side walis 8 of said carton arethen inclosed by the side Walls 10 of said closure 6 and the endclosurey 2-secured by the overlapping end wall 11 of said closure 6.

However, as shown in Fig. III; the closure G may be turned back upon thetop of the carton casing 1 so as to release the end fiap 2 and permititto fall fiat upon the vsurface supporting said carton, thus exposing inrreadily accessible position, the four folders 13, 14, 15, and 16 whichare preferably respectively colored white, blue, pinky and yellow andwhich respectively hold supw plies of carbon paper 18, 19, 2O and 21ranging from seven poundV to four pound stoc r.

Each of said folders 13, 14, 15, and 16 has a bottom panel 23 in rigidrelation with a solid hinge abutment 24; saidV panelsand abutments beinglof respectively different lengths as shown in\Fig. II so that thefolders underlap at their free ends as shown in Figs. II and III.

However, each of `said folder 13 to 16 inclusive has a hinged flap panel25 which is of the same length, in the respective folders 5 each of saidflaps 25 being hingedly connected with its respective abutment at l26.The construction and arrangement of the carton casing 1 is such thatalthough the walls thereof are in permanent substantially rigidrelation; there is sufficient elasticity of the material, preferablycardboard, of which they are formed, to afford a clamping action uponthe group of folders, to normally retain the latter in the positionshown in Fig. II. However, the construction and arrangement of saidfolders is such that each of them may be readily removed and replacedwith respect to the carton casing l and each may be freely opened, asindicated in Fig. IV, to afford convenient access to the carbon papertherein which may be thus readily removed and replaced` The folders, 13to 16, may be thus tactually distinguished, by their difference in form,and visibly, by either their difference in form orl color; and thedistinctive/color means may be an imprint, coating, or a fabric part oftheir structure. they may be distinguished by form alone, or by coloralone.

Moreover, although I prefer to embody my invention in a carton includingfour folders for respectively different grades of carbon paper, anyplural number may be employed.

Therefore, I do not desire to limit myself to the specific constructionand arrangement herein set forth, as it is obvious that variousmodifications may be made therein without departing from the essentialfeatures of my invention, as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A congeries of distinct and separable folders, each having a bottompanel and an abutment in rigid relation therewith near one end thereofand a top panel hinged to said abutment and adapted to extend parallelto said bottom panel when closed; said abutments being spaced atdifferent distances from the ends of the respective bottom panels; saidbottom panels being respectively of different lengths and said toppanels being all of the same length; whereby when said congeries areinclosed in a rec- However,

tangular container with the abutment ends of the bottom panels al1against one end of such container, the free ends of the folders willbearranged in stepped relation to each other.

2. A congeries of distinct and separable folders, each having a bottompanel and an abutment in rigid relation therewith vnear one en d thereofand a top panel hinged to said abutment and adapted to extend parallelto said bottom panel when closed; said abutments being spaced atdifferent distances from the `ends of the respective bottom panels; saidbottom panels being respectively of different lengths and said toppanels being all of the same length; and a container arranged to holdsaid congeries with the abutment ends of the bottom lpanels 7in registrywith each other and the opposite, free, ends] of the folders arranged instepped relation to each other.

3. A congeries ,of distinct and' separable folders, each having a bottompanel and an abutment in rigid' relation therewith, near one endthereof, and a top panel hinged to said abutment and adapted to extendparallel to said bottom panel when closed; said abutments being spacedat dierent distances from the ends of the respective' bot' tom panels;said bottom panels being respectively of different lengths and-said toppanels being all of the same length; and elastic holding means,affording a clamping action upon the group of folders, adapted todetachably detain them with-their abutment ends in registry and withtheir free ends in ste ped relation and terminating in the same olbliqueplane. r

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name at Burlington, NewJersey, this 22nd day of April, 1927.

GEORGE GARWOOD NEIDICH.

